title: Genetic Diversity of phlD from 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol-Producing Fluorescent Pseudomonas spp.
abstract: ABSTRACT Fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. that produce 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4-DAPG) have biocontrol activity against damping-off, root rot, and wilt diseases caused by soilborne fungal pathogens, and play a key role in the natural suppression of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, known as take-all decline. Diversity within phlD, an essential gene in the biosynthesis of 2,4-DAPG, was studied by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of 123 2,4-DAPG-producing isolates from six states in the United States and six other locations worldwide. Clusters defined by RFLP analysis of phlD correlated closely with clusters defined previously by BOX-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) genomic fingerprinting, indicating the usefulness of phlD as a marker of genetic diversity and population structure among 2,4-DAPG producers. Genotypes defined by RFLP analysis of phlD were conserved among isolates from the same site and cropping history. Random amplified polymorphic DNA analyses of genomic DNA revealed a higher degree of polymorphism than RFLP and BOX-PCR analyses. Genotypic diversity in a subset of 30 strains representing all the phlD RFLP groups did not correlate with production in vitro of monoacetylphloroglucinol, 2,4-DAPG, or total phloroglucinol compounds. Twenty-seven of the 30 representative strains lacked pyrrolnitrin and pyoluteorin biosynthetic genes as determined by the use of specific primers and probes.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Mavrodi
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: McSpadden Gardener
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Mavrodi
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Bonsall
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Thomashow